though i cannot offer the origins of the art lab, i am able to share
that my ph.d. in world art and consciousness aims at re-uniting art
history and art making. i offer this information not because it
directly answers your query, but because i am happy to hear of
efforts to address the relationship between the history and making
aspects of art. best of luck in your ventures. kathleen kimball in
new hampshire

Hilary Robinson <h.robinsonulst.ac.uk> wrote:

> Dear friends,
> I teach at the University of Ulster in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in
> a studio-led school of Art and Design, rather than an art history
> department. My own research area is feminist approaches to art and
> art history. Most recent publication: Feminism-Art-Theory 1968-2000,
> (Oxford: Blackwells, 2001).
> > I am also research co-ordinator for the School, and am presently
> trying to develop policies whereby the University can support its
> studio/workshop based researchers. To this end I want to investigate
> the concept of the Arts Lab. Present arts labs seem to be highly
> technological, media labs. At present I can't find where the
original
> arts lab was, or what its intention was. Can anyone help?
> > Many thanks
> > Hilary Robinson.
>

> Dr. Hilary Robinson
> School of Art and Design
> University of Ulster at Belfast
> York Street
> Belfast BT15 1ED
> Northern Ireland
> UK